U.S. [Back-formation from STILL-HUNTING vbl. sb.]
1. trans. To hunt in a stealthy manner; to stalk.
1877. C. Hallock, Sportsman’s Gazetteer, 81 (Cent.). The best time to still-hunt deer is just before sunset, when they come down from the hills to drink.
1885. Roosevelt, Hunting Trips, 327 (Cent.). The only way to get one [a grizzly] is to put on moccasins and still-hunt it in its own haunts.
2. intr. To hunt for game in a stealthy manner.
1881. J. Gordon, in Scribner’s Monthly, XXII. 859/1. On rainy days, we go out from camp, singly, and ‘still-hunt’ for deer.
1894. Outing, XXIV. 261/1. I was not still-hunting, though I made but slight disturbance.
